Safety and home-school relations as indicators of children well being: Whose perspective counts?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-349

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   McDonell, James ^b   Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home school relations; Indicators of children well being; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749176239     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9267-y     Document Type: Article

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